Evolution Track #2 Jan 2011

No. 2, January 2011

New Beginnings

Evolving Business

Healing Modalities

Buddhist Practice

We need to give each other the space to grow, to be ourselves, to exercise our diversity. We need to give each other space so that we may both give and receive such beautiful things as ideas, openness, dignity, joy, healing, and inclusion.

-- Max de Pree

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New beginnings

The ego

Releasing emotions

A new real i ty

Evolving business

The breath as l i fe

Benefits of Buddhist practice

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Yearning for love

Varied relat ionships

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L i fe lessons

Re Cal ibrat ion

Saving energy means saving money

Laughter

Events and services

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lthough the world is full of suffering, it is also full of the overcoming of it.

Helen Kellerhealing

Spir i tual survival

Heal ing

Heal ing modal i t ies

Heal ing touch

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ContributorsAndrew CohenAndromedaAnn-Marie AhyeGarfield KingGerard GittensGwyneth FranksonHilary BengocheaKaren StollmeyerLinda Hutchinson-JafarLynden AllicockMarilyn RobbNeale Donald WalshRinchen BlakeSandee BengocheaVanessa Soodeen

Design and LayoutKaribgraphics Ltd.

evolution track is published by InkingsLillian Heights, D’Abadie, TrinidadTel: (868) 646-3158, 774-4942, 774-0965Email: [email protected]: evolutiontrack.com

Our cover illustration is “Ste. Madeline ponds at dawn”, by Stephen Doobay

The feedback regarding our first issue has been exciting. (Some of the comments can be seen on page 3). We have confirmation

of at least 1500 emailed magazines that went directly to our clients, friends and contacts. Then there are those that readers sent out. Evolution Track has travelled the globe to: USA, Dubai, Germany, England, France, Japan, India, Spain, Belgium, Australia, Canada, the Dominican Republic, Cayman Islands, Scotland, Wales and New Zealand.

Garfield King designed and manages the website which welcomed over 420 visitors (over 270 unique visitors) and over 1700 page views between October 6, 2010 to January 7, 2011. Site visitors were from 27 countries including: Trinidad and Tobago, Barbados, Jamaica, United States, Canada, U.K., Hong Kong, Sweden, Egypt, Ireland, Slovakia, Spain, Bahamas, Germany, Portugal, China and South America. Not bad for a newbie in experimental mode.

It is clear that Caribbean people are eager to have a magazine that highlights what is available for those who seek a non-traditional road to personal growth. Yes, there were a lot of yoga articles, because the yogis were keen to share their offerings, but this is not a magazine about yoga. It is my hope that the wide variety of available alternatives will come to light as the community becomes aware of this avenue for sharing, and readers like you put pen to paper (or fingers to keyboard) to share your wisdom, experiences and strategies for evolving.

Evolving relates to all areas of human endeavour and so in this and future issues we include articles on the environment and the world of business. The topic of healing is featured with articles on Spiritual Survival, Releasing Emotions, Where Does the Healing Begin? Healing Touch and a listing of more than twenty healing modalities with website links for you to explore.

For those of you who find it a challenge to read the magazine on screen, you will find the articles on the website (www. evolutiontrack.com) so you can drop in and read as time permits or peep to see what events are happening online or in your area.

So, read, pass it on, send feedback and keep evolving.

Barbara KingJanuary 2011


Thanks for sending through your magazine – what an

undertaking! I thought it was beautifully presented - illustrations/

photos were fabulous – amazing what can be done without

creative experts really. I liked the use of and range of quotes. It

should appeal to anyone who cares about the planet and has

an interest in spiritual growth and well being.

Sue King, Regeneration Ltd, UK

“I like it because it is spiritual rather than religious and focuses on

the dynamic biological equilibrium between each of us and the

world we live in. If we don’t stop wrecking our world there will

be little future for the human race. We use resources up at 140%

the rate they are being replaced and the trend is increasing. It

is totally unsustainable. What will future generations have to look

forward to??”

A consultant from New Zealand who specialises in technology and innovation.

“And thank you now for this amazing magazine ...I “leafed”

through it quickly but with each page, knew I would get back

to it and savour every article ... it is quite wonderful and I will be

sending it on to friends and family who would appreciate it ...

Blessings and gratitude ..”

Maureen Arneaud, Trinidad

“Wow! This IS AWESOME! Cheryl, my sister, I feel your joy and

share it with you all. I felt humbled to be reading the works of

such phenomenal people. Would you in your upcoming edition,

discuss the difference between Joy and Happiness, please? The

topics are wide ranging, yet contributing to developing The Total

Human. Evolution Track seems to encapsulate the TOTAL HUMAN

workshop that I attended at SJC last month. Bravo Barbara,

Cheryl and friends.”

Maria McShine-Ransome, Trinidad

Feedback from our first issue

Great magazine! It’s about

time TT had a mag like this,

with these topics. It would

be great if it was in print

or even if it was a monthly

newspaper. I have not looked

at the entire magazine yet,

but thought I would write first

to congratulate you. I have

a feeling many in the spiritual

community will be into it. I

would like to see this kind of

material be accessible to the

average “man on the street”.

Great work. Thanks for asking

me to be a part of the

inaugural issue.

Elspeth Duncan, Trinidad

I love it! Well done! It’s

wonderful to see the rise

in consciousness in the

Caribbean manifesting in

this way at this critical time in

earth’s evolution …

Maureen Marks-MendoncaOntario, Canada


Neale Donald WalshReproduced with permission

I like to use January as a Time of Forgiveness. For me it is a Time of Cleansing, when I try

as hard as I can to forgive myself my trespasses, even as I forgive those who trespass against me. I am not always successful with that first part. I can forgive others, and believe that I sincerely do. I am not so good at forgiving myself. It seems indulgent somehow; it feels self-serving. And so I have to let go of my thought that it is not okay to serve myself. It is self-serving to forgive oneself. There’s no question about that. The question is not whether it’s self-serving, but whether it is okay to be so self-serving. God says that the answer is yes. You must serve yourself to know yourself. Indeed, you cannot know anything without serving it. Service is the experience of Knowing, in action. This is how we come to Know God. It is how we come to Know Life. It is how we come, at last, to Know the Self.

Serving God is, of course, Self-service. And this is what we ultimately come to Know. Through the process of serving God, we come to know that we are serving the Self. Through the process of serving the Self, we come to know that we are serving God. And through the wondrous process of serving others, we come to know that we are serving both. The circle completes itself, and we see that the circle has always been, and will always be. There is nothing but the Circle, there is nothing but the Cycle, and it is only a question

of where we are, now, on that never-ending revolution of the soul.

We are revolving, and as we experience each revolution we see more clearly that it is a Spiritual Revolution, producing a Spiritual Evolution. We are doing much more than simply “going around in circles” here. For the soul, revolution is evolution. The Cycle is Eternal, but that does not mean it is getting nowhere. Ever upward the Cycle goes, and one day we see that the Circle is not a circle at all, but a Spiral. Looked at one way, from a place of perception that sees with no depth, but only on the surface of things, it looks for all the world like a circle. Only when we see into the depth of things, only as our perception grows deeper, do we see that the circle is a spiral. It is like a Slinky.Remember the Slinky? What a wonderful childhood toy. Pushed together, crammed together, it looks like a circle. Only when it is expanded does it reveal itself to be a spiral.

Maybe it’s time for all of us to hop up to a New Level. To take the next step, to make the next leap—a quantum leap into new understanding, new awareness, a new experience of ourselves and of what it means to be human. Maybe this will be the year in which we do that. And maybe enough of us can do that to make this next 12 months the year that the world itself changed forever.

Or at least began to. What do you say? Want to make this the YEAR of the New Beginning? In the larger cycle, want to make this the time when we first saw, really saw, the Spiral? Let’s begin. Let’s start now. Let’s use this onset of the New Year as the onset of the New Self. Let’s forget everything we think we know about ourselves, let’s forgive everything we think we’ve done that is “bad,” and let’s start over, this time recreating ourselves anew in the next grandest version of the greatest vision ever we held about Who We Are—as a species, as an individual, and as an Aspect of Divinity expressing That Which Is.

Remember today that you are not your Yesterdays. Remember today that you are not your weaknesses, not your foibles, not your offenses, not your failures. Remember today Who You Really Are, and claim that.

Happy New Year, everyone. Happy New YOU.

Excerpts from The CwG Reader #4

Neale Donald Walsh through the years

has given hundreds of talks and written

scores of articles revolving around the

messages he received in his Conversations

with God. You can access more of his

writings, live calls and more at: http://

www.nealedonaldwalsch.com/

http://www.conversationswithgod.org/

New Beginnings


Don’t QuitAnonymous

When things go wrong as they sometimes will.When the road you’re trudging seems all up hill.When funds are low and the debts are high.And you want to smile, but you have to sigh.When care is pressing you down a bit.Rest, if you must, but don’t you quit.Life is queer with its twists and turns.As every one of us sometimes learns.And many a failure turns aboutWhen he might have won had he stuck it out:Don’t give up though the pace seems slowYou may succeed with another blow.Success is failure turned inside outThe silver tint of the clouds of doubt.And you never can tell how close you are.It may be near when it seems so far:So stick to the fight when you’re hardest hitIt’s when things seem worst that you must not QUIT.

Change Your World

You cannot change the world, but you can present the world with one improved person, yourself. You can go to work on yourself to make yourself into the kind of person you admire and respect.

You can become a role model and set a standard for others. You can control and discipline yourself to resist acting or speaking in a negative way toward anyone for any reason.

You can insist upon always doing things the loving way rather than the hurtful way. By doing these things each day, you can continue on your journey toward becoming an exceptional human being.

Brian Tracy

Ben Wi lson


There is a profound contrast between the

enlightened perspective, which is the absolute,

universal, and impersonal view of the

Authentic Self, and the unenlightened perspective,

which is the relative, separate, and personal view

of the narcissistic ego. It is literally the difference

between heaven and hell.

When I speak about ego, I am not using the

term in the psychological sense, which usually refers

to what we could call a self-organizing function in

the psyche. In an enlightenment context, the word

ego refers to something else altogether.

Ego is the deeply ingrained, compulsive need

to remain separate and superior at all times, in all

places, under all circumstances. In contrast to the

inherent freedom of the Self Absolute and the fearless

passion of the authentic Self, ego is experienced as

an emotional quagmire of fear and attachment. It

is the part of you that has no interest whatsoever in

freedom, feels victimized by life, avoids anything that

contradicts its self-image, is thoroughly invested in its

personal fears and desires, and lives only for itself.

Ego is an anti-evolutionary

force of powerful inertia in

human nature —attached

to the past, terrified of change,

and seeking only to preserve

the status quo.

The Ego - an anti-evolutionary forceBy Andrew Cohen, published with permission

Ego is the one and only one obstacle to

enlightenment. If we want to be free, if we want

to be enlightened, we have to pay the price.

The great wisdom traditions have always told us

that the price is ego death, and in evolutionary

enlightenment it is no different: if the Authentic

Self is going to act through us as the uninhibited

expression of evolution in action, then our

attachment to ego must be transcended.

Andrew Cohen is an internationally respected spiritual teacher, cultural visionary, and founder of the global nonprofit EnlightenNext and the award-winning EnlightenNext magazine.


“Unfelt emotions are stuck energy and when we

leave our emotions unprocessed we deprive

ourselves of access to that energy”... Daily OM

Blocked access to our energy is not the only

consequence of unreleased emotions.

When we keep these emotions locked up

in our system our bodies give us excellent clues

that we need to do something. We feel the tension

in our shoulders and back when we hold in our

anxiety and worry. Prolonged tension results in

chronic aches in various parts of our bodies such as

unexplained headaches and stomach aches. Stress

and the associated negative emotions have been

found to affect the immune system and therefore

can exacerbate symptoms in diseases that have an

immune system component.

Stored up emotions have been associated

with serious illnesses such as cancer, arthritis, chronic

fatigue and irritable bowel syndrome. Apart from

the physical consequences of unreleased negative

emotions, there are also mental and psychological

consequences that though they may not be as

obvious and direct, are just as significant. Feelings

and thinking are so tied to each other that our

functioning and action in the present moment are

directly influenced by how we feel at that moment.

How do you react to everyone around you when you

are angry with one person? How do you ‘behave’

when you are hungry? Are you able to ‘think straight’

when you are scared?

Fortunately for us, we are blessed with

mechanisms for healing emotionally. Human nature is

so diverse and rich in variety that like everything else

with us, there is no one way of releasing emotions

that works for everyone. However, the important

thing is that though we may take different pathways,

all roads lead to the one purpose: emotional healing

and better functioning. Some of the strategies that can

be used for getting rid of these unwanted negative

emotions include journaling, meditation, and

counselling.

There are so many different counselling techniques

and approaches available. My most favourite

technique for emotional release is a process called

Re-evaluation Co-counselling. Not only have I

found it to be the most effective process of releasing

emotions that I have been exposed to and practiced

for the past twenty-four years , but the ‘co-‘ part of

it makes it accessible to a wide array of people and

adds the element of community –building for on-

going support.

When I first came into contact with Re-

evaluation Co-counselling it hit me like the proverbial

lightning bolt that what was different about this was

that it truly fulfilled its promise of not only identifying

the negative emotions we carry, but the techniques

were truly effective in getting those emotions out of

the depths of one’s being and clearing them out of the

system. This was my aha moment! For all those years

before, my interest in psychology and counselling

had left me with a void. I could see how emotions

were labelled and behaviours were identified and

even named - all the personality disorders, all the

syndromes, all the conditions. Yet none of these

schools of psychology really offered a process for

healing from these, except for lying on a couch

weekly for years on end and talking about these

behaviour patterns.

Re-evaluation Co-counselling involves the

availability of another human mind to facilitate the

process of unravelling the emotions that get tangled


with an experience; and not only unravelling but

effectively clearing them out. Re-evaluation Co-

counselling is based on the premise that the human

body is equipped with inherent strategies for doing

that, for example we cry to release sadness, we

shake fear away, we rant and rage out the anger, we

giggle away embarrassment, etc. The techniques are

therefore built on the co-counsellor providing an

emotionally safe space and the right ‘contradictions’

to these negative emotions that allows the body to do

what is naturally healing.

Building a supportive community is an

important factor in this process. Breaking isolation,

interrupting feelings that we are alone in our

distress or that our ‘stuff’ is too ugly or hard to show

anyone else. It remembers us that the old patterns

of behaviour are not the truth of our present selves

and provides contradictions to the chronic patterns

we carry - feelings of inadequacy, incompetence,

disempowerment.

There are many ways I can tell that I am

benefiting from my commitment to this process.

However the largeness of my positive attention in the

present is the best indicator. I could tell when I was a

graduate student and I could see and others noticed

how I was the only one who was not distraught

by studying and actually enjoyed coming to class

and doing my work. I could tell when I keep my

cool and respond well to people in situations and

environments that normally will trigger others. And

those are the surface level benefits. The amount of

emotional and mental energy that I have reclaimed

over these years is immeasurable. The deep shifts in

my emotional well-being that allow me to parent,

teach and support others with such a wide open mind

is another story.

Author’s note. Re-evaluation Co-Counselling

is based in Seattle, Washington, USA and has

communities in more than 80 countries in the

world, including Trinidad and Tobago.

lot of people say they want to get out of pain,

and i’m sure that’s true, but they aren’t willing to make healing a high priority. They aren’t willing to look inside to see the source of their pain in order to deal with it.

L indsay wagner

A Joyful PlaceAn Education and Family Resource Centre

Dr. Mari lyn Robb Ph.D.Educational Consultant/Family Counsellor

Phone:(868)-221-8890email: [email protected]

website: www.ajoyfulplace.webs.com

Marilyn offers face-to-face and online consult ing and counsell ing services for

individuals, famil ies, schools and educational institutions.


How can we escape from the uncertainties that most feel in life? How can we find freedom from the things and situations that create

unrest? How can we move beyond the confusion that we feel and find peace of mind and peace of heart? How do we come to know that the things which are happening around us that are not nice, is not the way things will continue to be? And finally, how can we have access to a power to right the wrongs, and literally create peace and prosperity? So many souls are searching. So many souls are wanting, being needy. Many think that it is the physical things that they can put their hands on that will satisfy the need that they are feeling; to fulfill the lack that they might be experiencing. But when they get hold of the material things, they find that the dissatisfaction is still there. When they respond aggressively to situations that might have disturbed them, they find that they still feel torn after. The peace and fulfillment they thought they would have found, continues to elude them. There is a way for souls to come to the place of peace that will last. To come to a power that is truly powerful. That can say to the storms that create unrest: Peace be still. Every person is more than what meets the eye. We are truly spirit beings clothed in bodies of flesh. The reality of this truth is made known to you when you begin to quest inward, yearning to know what you are; yearning to discover the truth about your own being, and truly coming to know that you are supported. Not only by that which is material, but profoundly more so by that which is spiritual and Divine. The nature of spirituality continues to elude many because their minds continue to grapple with and reduce everything to what they think is the expected norm. The ego mind cannot fully understand true spirituality. This does not mean spirituality is beyond knowing. For true knowing can only happen through the heart. It is important to recognize that it is not through struggling with the mind that a soul comes to know what it is. But by letting go of struggle and coming to the place of feeling that is with each of our hearts.

When you are hungry, you feel that hunger. There are no words. You can articulate it in words after, but from experience we all know what hunger pangs are. It is the same with thirst. The body aches for food or for fluid to satisfy the immediate need. All the hungers and passions felt in the body are really passions in the soul that are waiting to be acknowledged; to point each individual to that ‘place’ that is within them. So that through the conscious awareness of the feeling that arises from all of our senses is what develops the correct knowing of what we are. You are a being of feeling. Not just plain emotions. The knowing that comes from your feeling helps you to acknowledge the power that is with you. And from that place of power that comes from feeling all of your senses, you will know that you can open that space within your heart. For all your feelings mark where your spiritual heart is. It marks the space through which you can yearn for that which is beyond time, space and matter. Yearning for Love that is truly Divine that can only come from that Source that created you. As you feel through all of your senses, you breathe. And with each breath that you take your heart opens in yearning to receive Love. And this Love comes to the souls that are sincere in their allowance to receive it. Love flows and brings about a knowing, a fulfillment, a peace. And this peace gives each person a power. You receive a power to live your life to bring about more peace and harmony that improves your wellbeing and the wellbeing of others.

The Beingness of Love is real. It is present within our world. Every soul is being called by Love to Love. Only those who answer yes, receive.

Lyndon Andrew Allicock is the author

of “Human Operations Manual”.For

consultations or to purchase “Human

Operations Manual” in Trinidad and

Tobago call: 868-645-7532/8532

For more insights visit:

www.nucomsystems.com


The economic turmoil can erode family relationships. Finances are typically among the top issues

spouses and partners along with their families will face and, while the economy may improve with time, relationships may not. The challenge is to identify the stressors that occur and manage them. Economic challenges can either bring families closer together or cause tremendous strife. We need to bond and work as a resilient team to find ways of improving financial management skills and explore all options and resources that would ensure our survival. We can start by identifying our priorities, paying the bills, keeping our home safe, ensuring our children’s education, managing our health issues. Then make decisions as to how we are going to achieve our new ambitions. Do we really need the latest model cell phone or a bigger television screen?

planning and creativity we can accumulate huge savings. Could this be our new reality?

Adding value

Today as we look at television, listen to the radio and read the newspapers we are bombarded with negative news and views of the economic landscape. We can come to believe that the opportunities for business are scarce and the horizon is bleak. However we must remember this is just a mental construct and that the bounty of the earth and its people have not changed. The blessings of nature and the need for services and products by the peoples of the World have not diminished. The failure is in the man-made financial and economic models of business. In these times we are challenged to think differently, to look at events from a new angle and to use our creativity. Recently I heard of a young woman in England who found herself with a salary cut, but still wanting to indulge her desire for new outfits. She came up with the idea of inviting her friends over, asking them to walk with something to eat and drink and to bring along an item of clothing or fashion accessory that had not been used more than once, with the intention of exchanging with friends. The evening turned out to be a great success with each person leaving with a different outfit. The young lady had succeeded in maintaining her lifestyle on her lower salary while also creating a social network. She has turned the concept into a business with a website to set up similar home parties all over the UK. Focusing on adding value to people and society this young woman was able establish a new creative business model. That was her New Reality of Business and Wealth.

Next we need to focus on the things we can control and let go of the rest. Explore opportunities, and be creative in reaching solutions. Family meals for example can return to basics – if you don’t already, maybe its time to start going to the market, or if there’s a farmers market close to you check it out on weekends.

You can save a lot of money by getting up early. Exotic foods and expensive cuts of meats can be reserved

for perhaps one meal a week. Food takes a big bite out of our budget, however with some


Its already eight years since I nervously left the security of a high paying/high flying Corporate Marketing Executive

job and embarked on the adventure of being a self employed Business Coach specializing in Sales, Marketing and Customer Service. And what a ride it has been. Surprisingly, it has been the best years of my working career. There have been times that I have missed the corporate flights to exotic lands, the VIP invitations to grand special events, the pictures and name in the newspapers, rubbing shoulders with the who’s who and of course the guaranteed monthly salary and pleasant smiles of the bankers. But I have gained so much more: the opportunity to chart my own course, more time with my family, being able to build a family business along with my wife, developing my God given talents, having time to devote to my church and surprisingly achieving better financial security. And all this in addition to: no more unending office meetings, no more office games and no more manipulated end of year reviews.

A new reality in business

The traditional way of looking at business is for

creating profits. But an obsessive focus on

profits at any cost has resulted in a

mantra of “greed is good for me” which has led to aggravated climate change, the global financial turmoil

and the subsequent increase in poverty and loss for so many.

We are therefore seeing a new reality dawning where the focus is not solely on profits and return on investment, but also for the good of the employees and the local community. Business professionals are now encouraged to focus on stability

and sustainability over the long term and to measure success not only on revenue and profits, but also on its contribution to the well being of the society. They are being urged to add not just economic value, but also value to the communities in which they operate and society in general. Recently I was informed that a senior executive at one of the local corporations had chosen to downsize his car, choosing a smaller model than he was entitled to, because he felt it was the correct thing to do in the face of the difficult times many were experiencing. He said having made the decision he experienced a feeling of inner peace and satisfaction. Of course business still needs to focus on creating wealth, but wealth is not just financial it also takes the form of a secure community, environmental sustainability and the spiritual and emotional well being of oneself, one’s family and co-workers. Could this be the New Reality of Business and Wealth?

Hillary can be contacted at: coachbengo.blogspot.com or http://www.sandeecommunications.blogspot. You can also connect with him on his Facebook Business Group page: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=225670259945

Sandee and Hil lary Bengochea are co-owners of Sandee Communicat ions Ltd. , a Market ing Promotions Company special izing in Personal Development Promotions.


There is a profound truth in this very simple

statement. Breath is life, and if we are only

half breathing, then we are only half living.

In yoga, the breath is referred to as prana,

which is the life force that permeates all things.

The very foundation of all yogic practices

begins with the breath, and it is the breath

that is the basis of sound physical, mental and

emotional health.

Most of us give no thought to our breath, or to

how we are breathing, and simply take it for

granted that it happens. However, the breath

is so much more than simply the air that keeps

us alive. There is a deep connection between

the breath and your state of mind, as it is the

breath that controls the mind. If you are not

aware of your breath and are not actively

controlling the breath, then the mind will often

be in a disturbed and anxious state. Also, the

way that you breathe will significantly affect the

quality of breath that you take in. For starters,

we should only breathe through the nostrils and

not the mouth, as the air needs to be filtered

and warmed before it gets to the lungs.

“He who only half breathes, half lives.”

Hatha Yoga Pradipika

The breath as life Karen StollmeyerMA, Yogacharya, Yoga Therapist

Most people breathe incorrectly, using only

a small part of their lung capacity. This results

in breathing that is short, shallow and rapid.

People with this type of breathing will be more

likely to suffer from irritability, nervousness,

anxiety, insomnia, and an imbalanced

personality. Health problems will also be more

likely to develop as the body and its organs

will be chronically deprived of oxygen. This is

in contrast to breathing that is long, slow and

deep, which stimulates calm, relaxed, and

balanced states of mind. Slow, deep breathing

also brings about a longer and healthier life as

the body is nourished by the increased flow of

oxygen resulting in improved physical health.

The breath also serves as a bridge into the

unconscious, a doorway into exploring

the deeper aspects of the mind and spirit.

Pranayama (the expansion of the dimension

of prana through breathing techniques)

is a system of exploring the breath and of

experiencing the deep states of relaxation

that come when a mind is steady, calm and

balanced. When the mind has been brought

into a state of calm, concentrated awareness

through these powerful techniques, it can

then enter into that state of indescribable

peace, otherwise known as samadhi, or bliss.

By practicing yoga we become intimately

connected with the breath. Profound changes

may then be made in many areas of our lives

as the breath often reflects things that are out

of balance. By simply improving the way that

we breathe, we are able to effect positive

changes where they are needed, and bring

about improved health, increased vitality,

greater peace of mind, and a more balanced

and mature outlook on life. Following are a


Karen StollmeyerMA, Yogacharya, Yoga Therapist

couple of simple pranayama techniques for

you to put into daily practice.

Abdominal Breathing Abdominal breathing is the easiest and most

efficient way to breathe. Due to tension,

poor posture, restrictive clothing and lack of

training however, it is often forgotten. Once this

technique again becomes a part of daily life

and correct breathing is restored, there will be

great improvement in the state of physical and

mental wellbeing.

Abdominal breathing promotes proper

diaphragmatic breathing, relaxes the mind

and body, oxygenates the blood and purges

the body and lungs of residual carbon dioxide.

Can be used daily and continually. Do not be

alarmed if you experience feelings of light-

headedness or dizziness when you first try these

techniques. If this happens simply return to your

normal breath and wait for the sensations to

pass. This will stop once the body becomes

accustomed to the increased flow of oxygen.

How to do itSit with your spine erect, or lie down on your

back. Begin taking long, slow, and deep

breaths through the nostrils. Place both hands

over the abdomen. As you inhale, allow the

belly to fill with air, drawing air deep into the

lower lungs. As you exhale, allow the belly

to deflate like a balloon. Try not to expand

the chest or move the shoulders. Feel the

abdomen expanding and contracting.

Continue breathing slowly and deeply, keeping

the breath smooth and relaxed, and never

straining. Continue for a few minutes.

Yogic BreathingThis breath is used to maximize inhalation and

exhalation. Its purpose is to gain control of the

breath, correct poor breathing habits and

increase oxygen intake. It may be practiced

at any time and is especially useful in situations

of high stress or anger for calming the nerves. It

should be practiced daily for short periods.

How to do itBreathe through the nostrils into your belly as

stated above but also expand the mid and

upper chest region by allowing the rib cage to

open outward to the sides. The shoulders and

collarbones should also move up slightly. There

should be no jerks or unnecessary strain. Exhale

and repeat 5-10 times, eventually increasing

to 10 minutes daily. There should never be any

strain and the entire movement should be

harmonious and flowing, never forced.

Practicing these simple breathing techniques

daily can bring many positive and lasting

changes to your life, and you will soon begin

to see significant improvements in your mental,

emotional and physical health and well being.

The divine light in me honors the divine light in

you. Namaste

Karen Stollmeyer MA

Yogacharya, Yoga Therapist, Founder/Director

Bliss Yoga, Trinidad

www.omblissyoga.org

Karen teaches Integral Hatha Yoga in the

Satyananda yoga tradition. She also offers

private yoga therapy sessions where the

focus is on physical, mental and emotional

healing through deep relaxation, pranic

healing, Korean hand Acupuncture, sound

and vibration healing, chakra balancing and

energy clearing.


Rinchen Blake, Buddhist Monk

Photo: Gerlinde Grunt


I think if most people were to look carefully and honestly at their life they would find that, while many things are good, there is also a sense of

something being missing, or something slightly unsatisfactory. Maybe they would look at life itself and see birth, old-age, sickness and death and find the whole process of living and the nature of our own bodies and minds leaving something to be desired. The same thought occurred to a young prince 2500 years ago who lived in northern India. I think most of us try and make the best of it and if any people are good at celebrating life Trinis would have to be amongst the best - perhaps the best! And yet at any moment, if we investigate now at this very moment, do we feel completely content and at peace, relaxed - completely fulfilled? The Buddha to be, this young Indian prince, had a feeling that all the unsatisfactoriness of life, like anything else that happens, must have a cause. And he felt that if he could find the cause of this unsatisfactoriness, or dukkha, then he would be able to bring it to an end - not just for himself, but for all living beings. He then left his palace and spent the next six years in his quest until eventually he sat underneath a Bodhi tree outside a small village in northern India vowing that he wouldn’t get up until he’d found the cause of suffering. Legend has it that after meditating day and night for seven days, he saw the morning star rise and at that moment realised perfect enlightenment. So, what is this enlightenment that he later helped people find - what is this liberation from suffering? The Buddha (as he then was - it just means somebody who was woken up to the truth of life) saw the all our suffering in the end comes from our own mind. We somehow create it. We have mental habits which cause us to suffer. All of us do. And he summarised these as greed, hatred and ignorance. He said it’s not what’s happening around us that is the main problem, it’s the way we are reacting to it. If we can just train the mind to react in a different way, in a better way, then we won’t have to suffer any more. In fact, we come to convert these negative mental habits, negative emotional traits, into very beautiful qualities. We become fully human in the best sense,

having developed compassion, love and wisdom in their stead. So the practice, as I learned and now teach, is focused on training the mind so that it doesn’t give us all this grief, all this suffering. We give up the feeling of being the victim of circumstances and instead work towards true liberation. This liberation is not some cute idea but a very real reality. Wonderfully, the Buddha said ‘Don’t believe anything, even if I tell you it’s true, or even if it’s written in the ancient scriptures, or agreed by a group of wise old men. But instead find out for yourself’. The way we find out is through doing the practice he recommended and seeing if we do truly find ourselves moving towards peace and liberation. If we do, then we can be said to be on the path and working towards liberation. This enlightened state of mind knows nothing about gender or race or age. It doesn’t matter what’s happened to us in the past, or what we’ve done, or what kind of a person we are now. It’s said that only from the human state can we attain liberation and therefore this life should not be wasted pursuing things which in the end we find to be unsatisfactory: they disappoint us and we go looking for something else. We tread endless treadmills.

Rinchen is a Buddhist monk who’s been visiting Trinidad since 2003. He first started meditating in 1970 and became a monk 20 years later having lived in the West Indies most of that time. His country of origin is England.

You can contact Rinchen Blake on Cell: (868) 710 8413. Email: [email protected]


Vanessa Soodeen Gestalt Psychotherapist / Artist

The image “Spiritual Survival” was created for my exhibition titled “Inner Awakening… Love Live & Laugh” held in Trinidad in 2001.

I had returned four years earlier, knap sack on back, after a long time living & travelling in Europe, and my intended visit to Trinidad turned into an extended stay and journey of deeper inner healing and revelation. The term “survival” usually arises in context of being faced with some trial, difficulty

SPIRITUAL SURVIVAL or challenge and coming out of it with some degree of success… and so it has been with my own healing process … and so it is for many of us. The painting depicting the resurrected Christ walking again, symbolically represents rebirth, hope, survival and coming back to life in a more enlightened way. As my upbringing has been in the Catholic tradition, I have more of a sense of images that come from that institution … however my intention is not to align with any particular “religion” as such but to portray what I have come to understand

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as an eternal life process that is evolving and continuing organically and endlessly. Surviving our trials is part of our healing process, a process which is only necessary and which only makes sense in the context of where we are in our evolutionary process right now. With our egos and dualistic perceptions (good evil/ right wrong etc.), we perceive ourselves as being separate from the totality, from our environment, from each other… and it is only in this perceived separated state that we are in need of being healed. How is this so? The way I have come to understand it is that the healing which is needed is that of our perception of being separate and isolated, an individualistic state that is also necessary for our growth, all being perfect in the totality of life. Our egos seem to work on a “no-win” basis because on one hand their parameters and vision are limited and “holistically false” causing suffering, fear etc. and on the other hand this is exactly what they cling to, this limited perspective. It is not to condemn the ego as being “bad” as this too would be a dualistic judgement. The ego also has its evolutionary purpose, to let us experience our individuality… Healing then can exist only in our dualistic state of separateness (“you” and “I”) because only in this disconnected state is there something to heal. The purpose of healing is to restore the awareness of our unity and connection to all (“you and I are one”) through healing our perception and illusion that we are separate. This false perception leads to illnesses on many levels:- physical, mental & emotional, personal & interpersonal, our connection with the environment & afar and is held and upheld by our egos. Life itself as an evolutionary process which I have come to trust will lead us naturally and organically to wholeness. At the same time and I am reminded here of Michelangelo’s “The Creation of Adam”, we too have to reach out and participate actively and consciously in

our growth process. In each incarnation there is an opportunity to learn and to exercise our will and responsibility to work with and heal ourselves, cultivating a multitude of talents such as self-discipline, right-mindedness, patience… …. And most importantly, the way back and the way forward to wholeness is through healing our relationship with love both intellectually and emotionally. We grow through expressing this love by expanding outwards towards our fellow humans, our environment, our cosmos, our macrocosm and by expanding inwards towards our microcosm, our smaller but no less important reality with our organs, cells, subatomic particles, spreading care and love in all directions. “Health is inner peace.” (A course of miracles). The concepts Spiritual Survival and Healing will become redundant as we evolve to wholeness. And on that note … onward I go, loving, living and laughing!

[email protected]://vanessa-soodeen.blogspot.com/

Inspired by Martinus Cosmology - http://www.martinus.nu/


While hospitals may be overflowing with

the physically wounded or ailing, my

experience of working with individuals

and groups on self development, has shown me

that beyond hospital walls there is an abundance

of emotionally, psychologically and spiritually

wounded people. Some are crippled by various past

experiences, some limp through life hobbled by

erroneous beliefs and misunderstandings and others

suffer the pains of memories and damage from

abuse, neglect or abandonment in childhood and

adulthood. I’ve often wondered: “Is there anyone

who does not need to heal some open wound from

their past?”

So where does the healing begin? It seems

to begin with dredging up the memories and stories

we hold on to and acknowledging that there was

hurt, breaking the silence or disclosing one’s truth to

one’s self and to a trusted listener. That listener does

not have to be a trained expert, simply someone

who can give undivided, non-judgemental, loving

attention; who can allow you to vent your anger,

fear, grief or other deep emotions safely and

confidentially. While God can be the greatest

listener, I’ve seen that it is also necessary to be able

to unload with another person.

Having brought the story into the light of

day, the healing can proceed by examining the

experience with increasing levels of detachment,

reviewing it from the perspective of all concerned

and with increasing understanding. The Work of

Byron Katie offers an effective tool for doing this

(http://www.thework.com/dothework.php). The

aim has to be to reclaim the piece of your self that

was trapped in that episode, get past the story,

leave it behind and stop toting it through your life

and relationships. Of course, it may not happen

in a day, it can require repeated efforts to keep

looking and moving forward, choosing again and

again to be different, that is: to think, feel and

respond differently, in new ways. This is where

tools like prayer, affirmations, gratitude journaling,

inspirational reading and meditation can be the

wind beneath your wings.

It used to be that years of therapy

were considered necessary to address deep-

seated wounds, but practitioners of the healing

community suggest that is no longer the case. They

purport that energy healing modalities can shorten

the process significantly.

Spiritual healing

Healing, in a spiritual context, recognizes that

an ailment or disease may manifest as a physical

problem but have its roots and origins beyond

the physical in the emotional, psychological, or

spiritual. It has become quite common to hear

people talk of psychological connections to such

ailments as heart disease, fibroids, ulcers and even

certain cancers. Scientific research in recent times

has confirmed what spiritual practitioners have

known for centuries – that the healing of the body

cannot be complete without the healing of the

mind and soul.

Holistic healing

Holistic or wholistic healing addresses the whole

person. Deepak Chopra describes healing as more

than the absence of disease of infirmity. “Healing

is a positive state of well-being: A state of physical

well-being; a state of social well-being; a state

of spiritual well-being; a state of emotional well-

being and ultimately, a state of environmental

well-being.” Healing, he asserts, comes from the

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word holy. “Healing is the return of the memory

of holiness.” So to truly heal one has to address all

aspects of the Self. Chopra and his colleagues also

speak of Quantum Healing. Quantum Healing sees

human bodies as fields of information, intelligence

and energy. He has described the healing process as

involving a shift in the fields of energy information,

so as to bring about a correction in an idea that has

gone wrong. “So Quantum Healing involves healing

one mode of consciousness: mind, to bring about

changes in another mode of consciousness: body.”

There is a vast number of healing modalities

to be found at this time in any spiritual community

and on the internet. The Church of Healing Energy

has created a marvelous resource listing just some of

the techniques they recognize and their origins with

website links. Rev. Barbara Mallory, Director of the

church, has generously given permission to share that

listing here.

Warning

As with any aspect of life that we chose to explore,

as thinking adults it is important to enter into spiritual

explorations with an open, but critical mind. A

wounded individual is vulnerable and can be open

to abuse. Research, question, question, question

and go forth cautiously, not with fear, but with the

consciousness that not every type of service offered

is suitable for everyone. Look for a modality that is a

“good fit” for you.

HEAling ModAliTiEs from The Church of Healing Energy

Published with permission

All of the modalities listed below are based upon or facilitated by energetic healing principles. The primary principle underlying energy healing is this: A major part of all negative experience - physical, emotional, mental, or spiritual - involves disruption in at least one of the body’s energy systems. Relief of the energy disturbance relieves the discomfort or negativity of the experience. In our list, we focus on energy approaches with which we are familiar. In their application, some of these modalities are “user-friendly” and many include empowering self-care strategies. Most attribute their inspiration and efficacy to a Higher Source. Allergy Antidotes - presented by naturopathic physician, Sandi Radomski, ND, LCSW, MSSW; a collection of non-medical, clinically effective, energy-based approaches to allergy-like or energy-toxic reactions; uses muscle (energy) testing to identify energy disturbances and measure effectiveness of outcome. Many techniques are user friendly. Website: www.allergyantidotes.com Be set Free Fast (BsFF) - originated by clinical psychologist, Larry Nims, PhD; an inspired, elegant, and systematic approach to resolve emotional problems at a deep level; BSFF enlists the subconscious mind as co-therapist; muscle (energy) testing skills are helpful. User friendly. Website: www.besetfreefast.com Creative Energy Therapy (CET) - originated by psychologist, Mary “Mo” Wheeler, PhD, working with Spiritual resources; a creative, eclectic blend of spiritual and energy-based helping techniques; uses pendulum Dowsing for energy testing and sometimes for clearing energy disturbance as well. User-friendly applications. Website: www.energyhealingpartners.com

Healing takes courage, and we all have courage, even if we have to dig a little to find it.

Tori Amos

Harry Crews


divining Health - originated by psychologist, Barbara Mallory, PhD, with Spiritual resources; a list-based approach to identify energy disturbances which cause or maintain emotional problems; uses Dowsing modes to energy check, including muscle testing; Dowsing selects appropriate healing modalities and self-care activities. User friendly. Website: www.feelingfree.net

Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT) - developed by performance coach and ordained minister, Gary Craig; quick and easy self-treatment to eliminate energy disturbance causing emotional distress; uses tapping with fingers on a series of acupuncture treatment points plus simple verbal and eye-movement activity. User-friendly. Website: www.emofree.com

Energy Medicine - developed by Donna Eden, medical intuitive with gift of seeing all levels of the human energy field; simple body tests (kinesiology) identify energy blocks; enjoyable energy exercises treat both physical and psychological distress; User-friendly. Website: www.innersource.net

Esoteric Healing - based on the teachings of Djwhal Khul as presented in the book Esoteric Healing by Alice Bailey and further developed by Brenda Johnston. Practitioners use hands off the body, balancing

techniques, and triangles of resonance that relate the body’s energy centers and endocrine system to facilitate unimpeded soul life, healing and a more harmonious state. Website: www.esoterichealing.com

Essential Energy Healing* - Integrative spiritual-energy healing approach originated by Mary Maddux, MS, Certified Healing Touch Practitioner, background in counseling and teaching meditation. Energy interventions, with or without light touch, use conscious healing intent to balance the human energy field for self-healing of body, mind and spirit; apprenticeships possible. User-friendly. Website - www.heartofhealing.net

Healing Touch* - developed by registered nurse, Janet Mentgen, RN, BSN; an energy-based approach to healing using the hands to identify and clear energy disturbance; done with or without direct hand touch; restores harmony and balance in the body’s energy centers (chakras) and energy field (aura). User-friendly applications. Website: www.healingtouch.com

Healing Touch spiritual Ministry - Developed by Healing Touch instructor and registered nurse, Linda L. Smith, RN, MS, Healing Touch Spiritual Ministry (HTSM) is an educational program that provides the student with the tools to do healing ministry--prayer, hands-on healing and anointing with healing oils. The deeper roots of HTSM go back to Judeo-Christian prayer, the laying-on of hands and anointing with oil as modeled by Jesus in his healing ministry. Website: www.htspiritualministry.com

HeartMath - Research at the Institute of HeartMath has shown the heart’s energy field to be 5000 times stronger than that of the brain. Developed by Doc L. Childre and Howard Martin, HeartMath is a gentle, systematic protocol for inducing coherence in heart rate variability which, in turn, allows access to the heart’s problem-solving wisdom. HeartMath is used to advantage by Fortune 500 companies, educators, clinicians, and clients. User friendly. Website: www.heartmath.com

Jin shin do Acupressure* - developed by clinical counselor, Iona Marsaa Teeguarden, MA, LMFCC; a skillful integration of counseling with acupressure treatment; uses finger pressure on “acu-points” to balance body energy and release disturbing emotions; promotes deep relaxation, feelings of well-being and heightened awareness. User friendly. Website: www.jinshindo.org

Polarity Therapy* - a comprehensive energy therapy developed by Randolph Stone, DO, DC, ND; assesses and resolves disturbances in the Human Energy Field caused by a wide variety of sensory and life experiences including relationship, trauma and environmental factors; palpation, observation and interview methods are used to support the client’s innate self-healing potential. Website: www.polaritytherapy.org


Quantum Touch* - The Quantum-Touch practitioner uses simple breathing and body awareness exercises to focus and amplify life-force energy around a client’s affected body area. QT is a hands-on healing method easily learned by both lay persons and professional practitioners and combines well with other physical and energetic treatment modalities. Website: www.quantumtouch.com

Reflexology* - Reflexology may be generally defined as the practitioner’s application of specific pressure by hand, thumb and fingers to a reflex map resembling a human body which is believed to exist on the body’s extremities. Only when defined and offered as a healing intervention in the human energy field, is reflexology an appropriate modality for CHE healing ministers’ practice. Applications must be limited to clients’ hands, feet and outer ears, without use of mechanical tools. Website: www.reflexology-usa.org

Reiki* - natural healing method developed in Japan by M. Usui Sensi; introduced in USA by recovered patient, Mrs. H. Takata; Usui System endeavors to remain faithful to its origins; uses hands to reduce stress, invite deep relaxation, and infuse universal spiritual life energy for improved health and enhanced quality of life. User friendly. Websites: www.reikialliance.com and www.reiki.org

seemorg Matrix Work - originated by psychologist, Asha Clinton, PhD; an inspired energy-plus-counseling approach; integrates hand-positions on major energy centers with statements correcting negative beliefs; uses muscle testing to track energy changes; uses long-term clinical applications for deep, trauma-based problems. User-friendly applications. Website: www.seemorgmatrix.org

self Wellness Energy Evaluation Technique (sWEET) - originated by spiritual healer, Rev. Sandra Itenson Sweetman; SWEET uses muscle testing or dowsing to identify the presence and nature of energetic disturbances in the biofield/aura; then appropriate correction mode is selected, applied, and locked in place. User-friendly. Website: www.mydivineblueprint.com

Tapas Acupressure Technique (TAT) - originated by Tapas Fleming, Licensed Acupuncturist. The client’s gentle hand positions on forehead and back of head support clearing of energy disturbance related to trauma and other negative emotional experience as well as toxic sensitivities. User-friendly. Website: www.tat-intl.com

Therapeutic Touch* - originated by Dolores Krieger, PhD, RN and Dora Kunz; involves use of practitioner’s hands to balance the body’s energy centers (chakras) and energy field (aura); practiced in and out of hospital by many holistic nurse practitioners; scientific research supports efficacy. User-friendly adaptations. Website: www.therapeutic-touch.org

ThetaHealing - Created by intuitive healer, Vianna Stibal, ThetaHealing is a technique that teaches how to use our natural intuition, relying upon the

unconditional love of Creator Of All That Is to do the actual ‘work.’ By changing one’s state of consciousness to include the Theta state, the individual can actually ‘watch’ the Creator Of All That Is create instantaneous physical and emotional healing. Website: www.thetahealing.com

Thought Field Therapy (TFT) - originated by psychologist, Roger Callahan, PhD, Thought Field Therapy, also known as the “Callahan Techniques,” involves tapping with fingers on specific acupressure treatment points. Specific tapping sequences are used to resolve specific emotional problems. User-friendly. Website: www.tftrx.com

* This modality involves, or may include, the healer’s use of physical contact using fingers/hand to enhance energy flow and balance in the human energy field and energy systems. Healing ministers wishing to use such modalities with clients may require professional licensing.

©Church of Healing Energy-2003/2010

website http://www.energy-church.org/id23.htm


The last time that my Mother spoke to me in a full sentence was at about 9.00 a.m. on September 04, 1995. She had not slept well the night before and she was going to play “catch up” with sleep. Around 10.00 a.m. on that same day my Mother had a stroke. In August 1995, I had attended Part 1 of the Healing Touch Programme in Payson, Arizona. We had been taught a technique that could be used on persons making any kind of transition. I used this technique on my Mother at the hospital several times that first day. When I reviewed the technique in my Workbook the next day, I realized that I had been doing it in the wrong sequence! However, it was my intention that mattered! My intention was that whatever I did for my Mother would be for her highest good and I poured my heart and soul into the work. My Mother received regular treatments during her ten-day stay in the hospital. I am convinced that the loving, healing energy in the “Touch”es that she received, kept her alive. On her return home, we continued to be a healing presence with her. She finally made her transition nine months later. The journey to becoming a Certified Healing Touch Practitioner was a nine year journey with long lasting benefits. It was also for me a journey of spiritual and emotional growth and development. Nurturance of the spiritual, physical and emotional self was strongly advocated. Intellectual growth was stimulated by the wide range of required reading material. Balancing all of these other activities with play was highly encouraged. Mentoring was provided.

What is Healing Touch? Healing Touch is a holistic energy therapy that emphasizes intentional, compassionate and heart-centered care in which the Healing Touch provider and client are equal partners in facilitating health and healing. Healing Touch providers use their hands with gentle, light non-invasive touch to help clear, balance and energize the human energy system, thus promoting healing for the mind, body and/or spirit.

How does Healing Touch work?“Energy therapies focus on removing energy congestion that form in our energy fields (aura) and energy centers (chakras). Once these imbalances and disturbances are cleared, the

energy channels resume their task of integrating the body, mind and soul to restore health and/or promote healing. It may also help prevent future issues by restoring balance to energy field disturbances, which could later result in illness if left unbalanced.” Healing Touch complements conventional health care and is also used in collaboration with other approaches to health and healing. The goal of Healing Touch is to restore harmony, energy and balance within the human energy system.

Source: http://www.healingtouchprogram.com/about-healing-touch-program/what-is-healing-touch

Gwyneth is a Health Care Professional and a Certified Healing Touch Practitioner. She uses Sacred texts, Creative activities and Hands-on healing to journey with adults seeking reconciliation with self, others and God. Gwyneth has found that most of us are so burdened by stress, overcommitted in our routines and occasionally paralyzed by past hurts that we are not even conscious that we are seeking something, far more - reconciliation. When we take part in a creative activity, contemplate nature or reflect on sacred texts, we slow down and relax. In this relaxed state, we meet our truest, best self and are able to access joy, peace and freedom to make changes in our lives and restore harmony. We begin to live authentically.

For information on her Handprints of God Retreats or the Healing Touch Spiritual Ministry Programme, you may contact Gwyneth Frankson 1 868 686 7745.

Healing Touch Gwyneth Frankson


One of the things I have been doing

recently to maintain control of situations

around me is dropping baggage that has

been weighing down on me, both mentally and

psychologically.

Recently, I had to make two major decisions

that have been churning around my mind, occupying

my thoughts much more than I would like and in the

process, becoming a serious mental burden.

Firstly, I examined the pros and cons of the

issues that were weighing heavy on me. Do I feel the

decisions I’m about to take would be the right ones

and would I look back and have regrets? In the end,

I confidently felt I was taking the correct course of

action.

After taking action, the second thing I did

was remove them from occupying my thoughts. It

was no longer important, I told myself. The deed has

been done. Immediately, I felt as though a physical

heaviness was lifted off me and I became free.

Just as we de-clutter our homes, getting rid of things

that are no longer needed or in a state of decay and

taking up valuable space, once in a while we also

need to examine the state of our minds and get rid

of the clutter and junk that continue to pile in that

virtual space.

You know the feeling when you have de-

cluttered your living room or your closet and it feels

light and airy, it’s the same when you get rid of the

junk that you have been storing in your mind as an

illegal and unwanted occupant.

It could be that bit of animosity towards

someone in your workplace or the feelings that you

are being misunderstood and you want others to see

you differently or that people around you haven’t

really appreciated your work.

It could also be, like in my case, freelance

writing jobs for two Caribbean newspapers which

after examining, I concluded that value was not being

gained at either end. Before arriving at this point, the

issue occupied my thoughts in a nagging sort of way

and became mentally burdensome.

To bring an end to it, I wrote polite emails,

thanking editors for considering me but also pointing

out that the relationship was not beneficial for either

one of us. For me, it was more than time to move on

to other ventures that brought mutual satisfaction and

more importantly, exorcising the baggage that I was

lugging around.

I’m also ‘training’ my mind to remove what I

call ‘dead’ thoughts, ideas, fears, and other emotions

that can be quite overwhelming at times. Instead,

I’ve found having an ‘open’ mind without prejudicial

thoughts and feelings, the outcome of a situation can

be pleasantly surprising.

Even though the mind does not take on a

physical shape or is something that one cannot touch

and hold, the memories, thoughts, ideas, worries,

fears, hate, jealousy and obsessions swirl through

endlessly, repeating over and again, churning away

until sheer exhaustion takes place.

Mind is defined in Buddhism as a non-

physical phenomenon which perceives, thinks,

recognises, experiences and reacts to the

environment. It is described as having two main

aspects: clarity and knowing; meaning that the mind

is clear, formless and allows for objects to arise in

it, and that the mind is knowing, an awareness, a

consciousness which can engage with objects.

My own experience, difficult as it may be sometimes,

is that you can control what enters and what stays

in your mind. You can cleanse it and you can set

yourself free.

Linda Hutchinson-Jafar is a Trinidad and Tobago-

based Caribbean news agency Journalist and is the

Editor of the digital quarterly publications Earth

Conscious magazine and Business Journal.

life lessonsLinda Hutchinson-Jafar


I was thirty-one and engaged for the second

time. My wedding day was just five weeks

away when the proverbial rug was pulled out

from underneath me. My fiancé had strayed and

our future as husband and wife was shattered. We

had lived and worked together in London for sev-

eral years. Now every essential part of my life was

in collapse. Soon I would leave my job and then

the home we shared. Further, I would leave the

country where I was born and had lived for much

of my life. This unparalleled event was indeed a

rude awakening that shook me to the core. It felt

tantamount to death.

Sanctioned DissolutionFor several years prior to this now expired relation-

ship I had been practicing yoga and meditation

and had attended a comprehensive program in

Practical Philosophy. I soon realized that this in-

ner work was in fact the catalyst for our break up

and not the more obvious reasons in sight. I had

lived so much of my life ‘towing the line’ and fol-

lowing the preordained dictates of society and

my mother (no blame here as she did what she

knew). Now, the insight that surged from my self-

inquiry allowed me to relinquish empty standards

and align instead with my intuitive guidance.

Under ordinary circumstances, these losses

would have been sufficient to cause me

to spiral into depression. Instead I had the ex-

traordinary experience of witnessing two oppo-

site forces simultaneously in effect. My personal-

ity was swept up in a torrent of emotion with its

efforts directed towards trying to fix what was

already broken. Meanwhile my spirit soared with

a renewed vigor exclaiming “Freedom at last!” It

was a most unique phenomenon to observe one

part of me clinging to what was familiar while a

deep inner knowing sanctioned this dissolution.

As a result of my conscious self-search, I was in

a prime position to really experience what I was

going through, without the pitfall of becom-

ing swallowed up by it all. It was the momen-

tum of this self-study and the fruit garnered that

enabled me to meet the chaos of this break up

with significant clarity. Though there was practi-

cally nothing left to hold on to and my future was

unknown there was an all-embracing trust alive

inside me. This abiding trust would spearhead my

way forward.

Conscious Self-care Before I left the home we had shared, many

insights were revealed. As I contemplated my

imminent departure a question arose, “Now,

Ann-Marie, soon you will be walking out the front

door. And, when you do so, what will you take

with you?” It was not material stuff that was be-

ing brought forward for my consideration. Rather,

I was being summoned to look closely at what

I would take on an energetic level. Would it be

the emotional weight of this last ten percent

of our relationship, which was upsetting, pain-

ful and filled with disappointment? Would I then

use this injured tone to smear the other ninety

percent of our relationship, which had been filled

with mutuality and an authentic love? Or, would

I walk out the door and radiate what was most

prominent in my heart?

As this question was presented to me I

was very clear of the choice I would make and

exactly why I would make it. Immediately I felt

Love’s inclusive powerAnn-Marie Ahye


unwilling to harm myself further by trying to ex-

tricate any feelings of love that I naturally held. I

knew that walking out with a feeling of bitterness

would taint the good of our past and allow an-

ger, resentment and a general feeling of ill will to

prevail. The price going forward would be mine to

pay. It was clear that choosing to carry the valu-

able energy of the major part of our relationship

made simple math sense. Additionally and most

importantly this choice would enhance my experi-

ence of well-being.

The Power of InclusivityThis decision revealed my desire to take care of

my psychic space and to cultivate a more com-

passionate view towards myself and by extension

another. Such conscious choice equates to an

act of self-love. Love reveals itself to be an inclu-

sive force that allows the potency of what resides

as a heart feeling to coexist with any feelings of

hurt and pain. Whereas, the reactionary choice

of anger and resentment would deny the space

for love to exist. These are clearly divisive forces

whereas love holds the power of inclusivity. Within

love’s embrace the discordant tensions find

a release and the power that fueled them is

reset to its original essence; Love. When we al-

low the need to blame or hate another to have

supreme reign over the need for authentic self-

care (which is not the same as being defensive or

running away), then we determine our own trau-

matized destiny. When we choose instead a more

expansive consciousness we are strengthened

and remain open to life.

Ann-Marie teaches Mindful Yoga & Meditation

in Canada, Mexico and the Caribbean. She

has created a Guided Relaxation CD “Travelling

Inward” and a Mindful Yoga DVD.

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Re Calibration is all about getting in touch with your

inner issues in a most direct manner and learning to

sit with them using various meditative techniques.

There are many ways to grow spiritually and each of

us must feel free to explore and develop what works

best for us.

Re calibration is the unique mix of techniques

that I have developed over the years. It is always

evolving, as it is a living process guided from within

and from an expanding knowledge. It is about

learning to listen to your self with courage. It is my

hope that it will serve to inspire and guide.

It will be most beneficial to use this link http://

www.evolutiontrack.com/recalibration-the-secret-to-

freedom/ to quickly review the previous article, as

this column is a series.

Mindfulness is the first step of Re Calibration.

We must become aware of our thought clusters and

mood patterns if we are to evolve into the living light.

The objective of Re Calibration is to experience

living in peace and to achieve this we must first be

solidly in touch with our messy stuff. We must meet

ourselves where we are. We must be courageous

enough to enter the dark basement in order to

explore those things that are affecting our very

foundations.

To choose the path to enlightenment, wisdom

and peace, is to choose to work for it. We are in an

age of instant gratification and folks are seduced by

the slick marketing promises of the latest book or CD

set. No doubt there are many fine tools and courses

out there. But make no mistake about it, we are here

to grow and that means growing pains. We cannot

talk of abundant fruit in a verdant field of sun kissed

splendor without an honest willingness to also talk

about getting our hands dirty tilling the soil. We must

deal with the weeds and wild bushes that threaten the

orchid.

And so it is recommended that you start a

journal. Write your feelings down with abandonment

regularly. Do not hold back. Seek counselling if

necessary. There are many deep-seated issues that

are sabotaging our lives that must be dealt with

honestly. If we are to grow we must start in the soil.

There are pivotal moments that scar us for

life and deepen into entrenched thought and feeling

patterns that we play over and over again. They limit

us, stymie our progress and can chain us down firmly

on the launch pad. These issues sabotage our efforts

to progress, rob us of peace, sully our self-image and

can lead to bouts of depression and even suicidal

thoughts. Clearly the field must be cleared before we

talk of planting.

Re Calibration will offer you a direct means

of engaging and transcending these dogged issues

that are bound up in your energy field. And it is

imperative to be conscious of what you are dealing

with. I might add that this is no quick fix. A mature

response of self -analysis perhaps with the help of a

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mental health professional and or spiritual guide is to

be commenced or continued.

For the moment try this:

Sit still with eyes closed and focus your

attention on your body for several minutes. Feel

the sensations within it. This will put you in touch

with the emotions because the emotional field is

deposited in the body. This may prove uncomfortable,

depending on how far down the spiritual path you

are or on your mood at this time. Do this daily for a

few minutes as a means of acquainting your self with

the inner world. If you keep this up you will begin to

become more conscious.

Blockages are crystallized thought pattern

trapped in the body. Because your energy meridians

are blocked by these emotional deposits it can be

difficult to stay with it. They want to control you and

usually succeed unless you learn to master them.

This is why meditation can be so difficult for many

people. By dwelling mentally on the person, event

or place that caused these emotional blockages,

these thoughts will feed the emotional field that can

be felt in the body. Untamed, the energy blockage

then feeds the mind and a crazy loop pattern is set

off. This, to a large extent, is what Re Calibration

addresses.

I realize that this is not what many of you

may want to hear, but I know of no authentic way to

construct a fine house without starting with a solid

foundation. Following articles will get into how

to manage this excavating work and how to move

toward completing and finally moving into your new

“home”. I hope you will bear with me.

For those of you who enjoy art, you can check

out my artwork at this link: http://www.myspace.

com/darkmaskgerardgittens

To make comments or ask questions:

[email protected]

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Saving energy means saving money

Save the planet? What’s it ever done

for me? I recently heard someone say

that, jokingly of course, but it did get me

thinking about the payback for trying to live as

if the environment is a partner in my life rather

than something that gets in the way.

When asked to recycle, save energy, or

live green many people will think “what’s in it

for me?” The comments I usually hear can be

summed up this way, “Where’s the incentive?

After all, in this modern world where technology

makes it easy for me to do very little and think

even less, why should I turn my comfortable

lifestyle on its head and worry about stuff that’s

not likely to affect me? I mean, climate change

and all those trendy issues won’t trouble Planet

Earth until long after I have left it.”

Well, the effects of climate change

and our unbalanced relationship with the

environment are already with us. Have you

noticed the shift in weather patterns that

have affected farmers? Have you or someone

you know been affected by the floods that

catch us woefully unprepared? Have you

heard fishermen warning about the pollution

Garfield King First published in Earth Conscious,

April 2009

in our rivers and seas threatening marine life?

Has your weekend lime ever been spoiled

by the reckless disposal of garbage that

has turned some beaches and recreation

areas into playgrounds for rats and snakes?

In 2008 officials at the US Centre for Disease

Control warned that the potential effects of

global warming range from an increase in

catastrophic weather events like hurricanes

and heat waves, to a reduction in the quality of

our water and food.

The real incentiveEven with all the information about the possible

devastating impact climate change may have

on the quality of our lives in the years ahead

and our future safety, the real incentive for

many people to live a greener life is when they

realise there’s money to be saved right now. As

the mood of economic uncertainty continues

to weigh on our shoulders it’s just plain common

sense to look for ways to get more out of what

you have and for what you spend.

Saving energy reduces CO2 (carbon

dioxide) emissions - one of the main

greenhouse gases contributing to climate

change. Saving energy means saving money.

How much? Well, that’s up to you and depends

on what actions you take. For example, you

could save hundreds of dollars a year by

switching off. Don’t leave your TV, DVD players,

and music centres on standby, switch them off.

Instead of charging your cell phone overnight,

charge it for a couple of hours. You’ll save

money and help reduce the impact of climate

change.


Giving your fridge-freezer regular care

and attention could save you some cool cash

and extend the life of the appliance. Regular

defrosting (if it’s not frost-free), positioning out

of direct sunlight and away from the cooker

will make your fridge-freezer more efficient.

Vapours from liquids make the fridge work

harder, so keep them covered. Clean the door

seals and replace them if they’re damaged.

The CO2 emissions from your fridge will be

reduced and the foods inside will likely stay

fresh for longer. This adds up to even more

savings.

Eating locally grown food is not only

a healthy option, but also helps reduce the

effects of climate change. Imported produce

has to travel hundreds or even thousands of

miles to get to us. Imagine the fuel and other

energy used en route. Locally produced foods

require less energy to get to the diner table.

Eating local also helps the local economy and

that has to be good news for all of us.

In the workplaceWhen you’re at work, look around to see where

waste can be reduced. It has been estimated

that UK businesses lose up to 4% of annual

turnover every year through avoidable waste.

Greening your workplace includes reducing

waste. The strategy adopted will depend on

the nature of the business. It could be simple

measures like using both sides of a sheet of

paper; printing pages only when essential;

energy-saving lighting throughout the building;

switching off lights when not required; using

ceramic cups instead of plastic or Styrofoam;

recycling any non-hazardous material in the

manufacturing process.

I know in our tiny office at home, my

wife and I have been able to save money

by using the blank side of printed pages as

note pads and printing in draft mode until

the final document is ready to print. Also, by

repositioning our desks to capture maximum

light for more hours of the day and making

use of natural ventilation we’ve been able to

reduce the electricity bill.

Getting more out of what is used is

a more efficient model that can lead to

increased profits, while saving valuable

resources. This adds up to more money in

your pocket, less contribution to pollution

and wastage and the creation of a healthier

environment. Recycling can play a significant

role in reducing carbon emissions. According to

the Energy Saving Trust in the UK “The amount

we recycled in the UK last year saved the same

amount of carbon as taking 5 million cars off

the road.”

So, if all the scientific and ethical

arguments are not enough to convince

someone you know that dealing with climate

change and reducing carbon emissions is

good for all of us, you can always point out

that being Earth Conscious and saving energy

means saving money.

If you want to save some money by cutting your energy bills, reducing your carbon emissions, recycling or any other Earth conscious strategy, you might want to visit the BBC’s climate change Bloom website. http://www.bbc.co.uk/bloom/ Also, have a look at National Geographic’s Green Guide for Everyday Living. http://www.thegreenguide.com/ There are endless resources online. They can be a good starting point if you sometimes feel overwhelmed by the mountains of information coming at you from all sides. Some of the tips of course will need to be modified for our use in the Caribbean. Some websites you could check for more information on swapping clothes: http://www.swishing.org and

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Heal ing may not be so much about gett ing better, as about lett ing go of everything that isn’t you - a l l of the expectat ions, a l l of the bel iefs - and becoming who you are.

Rachel Naomi Remen

Snow petrel over pancake ice by Kevin B i lyk; http://www.f l ickr.com/photos/86445296@N00/Kevin Bi lyk


Society and tradition direct us toward

linking with a particular life partner

or mate, but in reality no one person

can meet all our emotional needs. When

we demand that our boyfriend or girlfriend,

husband or wife, be everything to us, it can

lead to resentment, bitterness and violence.

No-one benefits. The partners are constantly

dissatisfied with each other and children lose

out because they live in a troubled home.

To survive, thrive and function at

optimum level, we need to consciously

establish and nurture a variety of relationships

that enable us to look after our personal well

being - our mental, physical, social, emotional

and spiritual needs.

Most of us need a primary partner or

“significant other” - someone who is a special

Varied relationships

laughter – it’s just hilarious how good it is for you

Staying active and regular workouts are good for the body, we know that. But studies now suggest that laughter can also bring some surprising benefits. These include improved cholesterol and blood pressure, decreased stress hormones, a strengthened immune system and a healthy appetite. The latest study, presented recently at the 2010 Experimental Biology conference in Anaheim, California, focused on the appetite effects of a good laugh. Researchers measured the hormone levels of 14 volunteers before and after they watched a

friend, sexual partner, confidante, a source of

support and an active co-parent. Everyone

also needs a close friend. Preferably someone

in similar circumstances with whom one can

share confidences, explode, cry and laugh.

One who listens well, can be trusted with

secrets, who is open and honest.

Playmates are also essential. We need

people who allow us to laugh, play the fool

and let off steam in healthy ways. Then there is

a need for a mentor or spiritual guide: someone

to share spiritual things with, one who inspires,

challenges and is unafraid to pull you up

when you need it. And of course, a two-way,

loving relationship with the one you call God is

essential for deep experiences of unconditional

love and a sense of a larger, eternal reality.

L a u g h t e rdistressing or hilarious video clip. The researchers were particularly interested in two hormones which regulate appetite. The appetite hormones did not change significantly as people watched the upsetting video. But after the amusing video clip hormone levels changed as if the participant had engaged in moderate physical exercise. Study researcher Lee Berk, says the finding adds to the understanding that the body’s response to repetitive laughter is similar to the effect of repetitive exercise. Medical experts say while the findings are interesting the sample size was very small, so more research needs to be done.


The energy of change and rebirth is all around

us. Mother Earth is rebirthing herself to host

the new, evolved Human Angels (us) in the

New Age. Massive Earth changes: floods, tsunamis,

storms and earthquakes etc. have become the norm.

All birthing is painful.

In the New Age we will have light bodies and

live in a world of peace and love. This will happen

when we realize that we are ALL ONE and what we

do affects each other and our home planet. Presently

humans are evolving spiritually and physically to

inhabit the new Earth. The mission of the Andromeda

Foundation is to prepare souls for this mass ascension

in consciousness through our Spiritual Wisdom

School which incorporates both healing and teaching.

Ascension is achieved through initiations.

Most humans are currently doing their third or fourth

initiation. When you complete the sixth initiation

Ascension is attained. This means immortality,

world service and freedom from rebirth. It is not a

matter of choice. We are all engaged in the process

whether we are aware of it or not. We volunteered

for this by coming to Earth. Our purpose here is to

help ourselves, Earth and humanity to ascend. We

do this by raising our own level of spirituality and

completing our sacred contract with God.

Jesus, St. Germain and other masters took

many lifetimes to complete their ascension. However,

God/dess has given many dispensations so that

ALL may ascend in this lifetime. For those who are

unaware the process goes slowly. The aim is to merge

with one’s Higher Self and I AM Presence to complete

Ascension. The Andromeda Foundation has the tools

to help.

Workshops consist of channeling the Higher

Self and Guide as well as lectures on aspects of

Ascension such as: What is Ascension, Sacred

Contracts, Karma and the Violet Fire, Life in the Fifth

Dimension, DNA activation and Spiritual Response

Therapy (SRT). Sessions on the Art and Science of

Dying and Healing are also available. All workshops

are based on material channeled by the inner plane

Ascended Masters including Dr. Joshua Stone, Jesus,

and Melchizedek. Some of these have been published

in the Andromeda articles in the TnT Sunday Mirror.

An Opening to Channel workshop is

scheduled to take place in January 2011. This is

a prerequisite of the Ascension 1 class, which is

scheduled to begin in February/March 2011.

Students benefit from free Spiritual Clearings and

a DNA activation. Clearings can improve/ remove

problems arising from health, emotional and karmic

issues. When soul blocks are removed it can have a

positive effect on your mental emotional and physical

well being. It becomes easier to connect to God/dess

and ascend the spiritual ladder.

The services of the Andromeda Foundation

are available to members of the public. All facilitators

are Reiki Masters and competent in Emotional

Freedom Technique (EFT), Healing Touch and Extra

Terrestrial Healing.

Find out more at www.andromedafoundation.com

or call Anne Elder on 746-5771 or 386-4155

By Andromeda

Open Mind: Events & Organizat ions


Manifest Miracles through the Guidance of your SoulA series of dynamic Kundalini Yoga workshops

2011 is the beginning of the Age of Aquarius. Hard Times will begin to give way to greater peace and prosperity for those who properly

prepare themselves. Our pains, problems, and struggles cannot be resolved by looking outside ourselves. The only power that will save us and prevail lies within each of us; it can be accessed by tapping into the full potential of Consciousness. We all have the natural mechanisms to thrive during intense change: sensitivity, intuition, meditative mind, seven chakras and protective aura, and the steady guidance of the soul. When we experience our exalted Self and feel the powerful presence of the Soul, peace reigns in our lives. Eventually all will know and use the voice of the Soul for guidance and success. A proven effective technology for accessing the Soul and manifesting a steady flow of happiness is an ancient system called Kundalini Yoga. A complete body of powerful practices, Kundalini Yoga produces miracles of healing, and physical, mental and spiritual well-being.

UPCoMing oPPoRTUniTiEs FoR TRAining

introductionLead trainer Guru Meher Singh Khalsa of Los Angeles will be in Trinidad over the weekend of 22 – 23 January 2011 to offer a series of self-mastery workshops based on the technology of Kundalini Yoga.

MoRE loVE, MoRE MonEY - Direct your desires to create satisfaction, contentment, fulfilment of your life purpose.

EMoTionAl liBERATion - learn to harness the intense energy of your feelings for healing and success. Transform anxiety, anger, and even depression into allies to your progressive well being.

YoUR liFE QUEsTions AnsWEREd - Learn to quickly and reliably consult your own personal Guru—the Divine Soul. Full day workshop featuring a variety of powerful yogic techniques.

go deeperGain the knowledge and confidence to challenge yourself and venture beyond subconscious limitations to discover your amazing potential, power and purpose. Experience deep, lasting self-transformation through a full 200 hour immersion training in the yogic technique and lifestyle called The Aquarian Teacher. This fully accredited teacher training in Kundalini Yoga, to be held in Trinidad in March and July 2011, is the first of its kind in the Caribbean. It includes non-residential and residential options for three, week-long intensive training sessions. This course is designed for you—whether you want to transform your life and expand your consciousness, become a certified teacher or deepen your experience of Kundalini Yoga. All are welcome. Guru Meher Singh Khalsa began studying under Yogi Bhajan in 1981, and has been teaching Kundalini Yoga ever since. He is the Director of Teacher Training at Yoga West, Yogi Bhajan’s original studio in Los Angeles, travels internationally to train teachers in Level One and Two programs, and works with the Aquarian Academy to train the next generation of teacher trainers. As a professional Life Coach, he helps people identify and transform personal blocks to their happiness and fulfillment, and as a public speaker introduces non-yogic audiences to body-mind-spirit training.

For more information and registration please email [email protected] or call Marilyn Ali – 773-6700, Elspeth Duncan – 786-2539 Hari Sant – 628-3335, Deirdre Ramirez – 362-5996.

When you understand who and what you are, your radiance projects into the universal radiance and everything around you becomes creative and full of opportunity. (Yogi Bhajan)


The primary aim is to provide a systematic study and practical guidance for men and women wishing to embark on the journey towards Self-realization, awareness and contentment. The School’s curriculum is inspired by the world’s great universal teachings. Particular emphasis is given to the philosophy of the unity of the Self, the works of Plato, his Florentine follower Ficino, Emerson and others who speak of discovering an underlying unity and joy in all things. The School of Practical Philosophy is staffed and cared for by its own students on a purely voluntary basis, without remuneration. Its tutors are all students of the school who have studied their subject for many years. In addition to presenting Practical Philosophy to the community, students have taken the universal principles presented and, through study and devotion, applied them to the disciplines of Economics, Law, Calligraphy, Education, Art, Science, Music, and others. The results have led to a wealth of great beauty, creativity, and understanding. Public lectures and concerts are some of the ways the students and the School have so far been able to share with the community the benefits they have received.

INTRODUCTORY COURSE“philosophy works”A 10 session programme in “Self Development” designed as a model for pursuing answers to questions such as, Who am I? Can I realize my true potential? What am I meant to be doing in this life? The programme shows that

these questions are not only of passing theoretical interest, but can form part of an effective strategy for living. The result is happiness, freedom and success.

DATES AND FEESThe dates and times for the next introductory course are as follows:

PORT OF SPAIN Beginning Monday 10th January 2011, 6:00 - 8 p.m Beginning Saturday 15th January 2011, 9:30 - 12.00 noon DRETCHI (Association for the Hearing Impaired) Wrightson Road, (Before John Donaldson Technical Institute)

SAN FERNANDOBeginning Monday 10th January 2011, 6:00 - 8 pmUPFLOW -Upstairs Teachers Credit Union Independence Avenue (Opposite The Hospital)

Beginning Saturday 15th January 2011, 9.30 - 12.00 noonRenaissance Preparatory School (Hubert Rance Street, Vistabella)All Courses run for 10 weeks. Contribution: $300.00 For registration Call 680-1078 or on the first evening or morning of attendance. The School of Philosophy is a non-profit education charity incorporated by parliamentary Act No. 23 of 1991.

THE SCHOOL OF PHILOSOPHY

1 HEALING WORKSHOP Saturday February 19thTime: 9:00 – 11:30 amCost: $200Learn self-help methods to heal pain & trauma: Healing Touch, Source Healing, EFT & TAT

2 OPENING TO CHANNEL WORKSHOPSaturday March 19th, 26th , April 2nd ,9thTime 9:00 – 11:30 amCost: $700Learn about 2012, the 5th dimension and DNA activation & Contacting your Higher Self & GuideFREE OPENING SEMINAR & REGISTRATION!!SAT. MARCH 12TH – 9:00-11:30 amLIMITED SPACES!! Tel: Ann 746-5771 to register

Andromeda FoundationSpiritual Teachers and Healers Workshops

website: andromedafoundation.com


IntRoDuCtIon to BuDDhIst PRACtICE:

From mid-January for 10 weeks in Cascade

Cal l Rinchen: 710 8413. Gyal tso on 684 5776

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Al l are very welcome to come. There are no charges for any of our

act iv i t ies and meet ings. Donat ions wi l l be accepted.

healing

Private healing sessions for people who need healing on any level, physical, mental or emotional. Counselling, deep relaxation,

Korean Hand Acupuncture, pranic healing, sound and vibration healing, and chakra energy balancing to assist people in

regaining balance and health in their lives.

Karen Stollmeyer, MA,Yogacharya, Yoga Therapist

Tel: 768-1251www.omblissyoga.org

BLIss YoGA tEAChERsHatha Yoga Studio

Long Circular Road, POS

Yoga for adul ts, chi ldren and teens; Yoga for k ids wi th special needs; Pre-natal yoga

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